647. [Free Exploration] Black Dragon’s Eye
– Tell me, the last player. What kind of death do you wish for as you fight to prevent the end of the world?
“…”
I clenched my fists as I recalled the question the Night Bringer had asked.
It was the same then and now.
What I want to look at and what I want to aim for is not death. It’s not over.
It is life.
It is the scenery of spring that will unfold behind the long dark tunnel after the ending.
– When your simple hopes are trampled and burned.
I gritted my teeth and tried to erase from my mind the words of the Jin Black Dragon that followed.
– When the vain hope disappeared, even that firm will was broken, and finally, destruction arrived before my eyes…
But the words he left behind were stuck in my head until the very end.
– How nice to see the tears you pour out. It seems like it would be fun just to watch.
“…”
Anyway, I guess who isn’t the Nightmare Corps Commander.
Every word he uttered was like a nightmare. Crazy perverted
sadist dragon king .
“Aren’t you guys on our side, despite being the alter ego and parts of the Night Bringer?”
[I am… maybe it’s because I was born with the only scales that sprouted in the opposite direction on my father’s body. Originally, he was a troublemaker who didn’t listen to his father.]
Skairian looked back at Parekian and put on his glasses with an interesting expression.
[Parekkian is interesting to me too. This kid… how to say. Originally, he was the weakest ego among us. Now…]
Even though the constellation gathering was over, Parekian was still looking up at the night sky.
Among them, I continued to stare at the constellation that I first learned about today… the place of the toenail.
Behind him, Violet yawned and patted Parekian on the head. “Let’s go to bed,” he whines.
[Anyway, I wish you strength in the battle tomorrow.]
Skerian smiled thinly and winked at me.
[There are still many mountains to overcome, right? Don’t break it already.]
“…”
That’s right.
Tomorrow’s IPian Raid is the last gateway to reach the Night Bringer. It is the prelude to the real fight.
‘After a complete victory… I’m going to the final battle with the Black Dragon.’
I somehow managed to crawl through the path to the narrow strategy like the eye of a needle.
That’s all I have to do.
***
Next morning.
The heroes who gathered early in the morning finished checking their equipment and entered the Lake Kingdom dungeon.
Headed to District 9 dungeon where Ipian’s rare is – ‘Guardian Guard Camp’.
It is a facility where the guards who guarded the royal family of the Lake Kingdom are said to have served. It is a military camp, but in reality it is a facility that is no different from a fortress.
It’s an ugly mess now in ruins.
“….”
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. A dark, rotten and crumbling fortress greeted us.
It was strange to see such a bloody facility built in the middle of the city, and on the other hand, it was also perfectly suited to the current Lake Kingdom.
In fact, the sophisticated and beautiful appearances of the past were even more strange.
This city is a ruin that has been sunk under the lake for over 500 years. Perhaps this ugly and insidious atmosphere was more appropriate.
And near the entrance to this fort…
“Ash.”
Anonymous was waiting.
“cotton!”
As I greeted them, Dusk Bringer, who was walking at the head of the group with me, stretched out his hand.
“Hey, nameless sister.”
“Dusk’s brother is coming soon.”
“…”
No, these two titles really don’t suit me
.
“…The composition has become quite diverse.”
Knowing that I was in captivity, I did not point my sword at them, but the gaze of the unknown looking at the two dragons was never good.
Parekian also made a gurgling sound from inside his body, probably in a bad mood. Only Skerian noticed and broke out in cold sweat.
“Do not guide. This way.”
When Nameless reached out his hand, the iron gate of the fortress, which had been firmly closed, soared upward, scattering dust in all directions with a gurrung sound.
Nameless led the way into the old passage, and we followed one after another, holding torches above our heads.
“…”
I was lost in thought as I walked through the short aisle filled with musty smell.
Among the offspring of the Black Dragon, these three, Wingdhuan, Skairian, and Aipian, are similar in strength.
However, there is a point to consider here… Wing de Huan’s strength is the strength of the power of his subordinates.
Winged Huan mobilized an army of subordinates called the Guardian and joined forces with his subordinates to attack.
So it was a very difficult opponent in the game. We were able to win easily because we had the means to deal with the mental control.
In other words, Winged Huan, excluding his subordinates… is clearly weaker than Skairian or Ipian.
‘I was almost killed by that weak Winged Huan.’
In terms of the body’s combat power alone, Ipian is far superior to him. It won’t be an easy battle.
‘But I’ve learned how to attack, and I’ve had enough tactical training.’
I glanced around at the heroes under his command. The heroes who met my eyes nodded their heads in unison. I smiled.
can win. enough.
Soon the dusty passage was over.
The end of the passage led to the inside of the fortress, which was much larger than expected and had a simple structure.
The fortress, with its round stone walls, had no ceiling, so the sky was clearly visible. At the far end of the aisle stood a stone building, presumably used by the Royal Guard.
There was nothing on the vast dirt floor leading from the end of the passage. Nameless stopped in front of the dirt floor and looked back at us.
“If you enter the courtyard of the fort here, he will come out right away. Are you ready?”
“of course.”
“And Ash knows.”
Nameless winked.
“If we can occupy the top of the wall, we will be able to resolve the battle in an advantageous way.”
There is a dungeon gimmick that can only be used during the Ipian Raid and only in the dungeon ‘Guardian Guard’.
Whether or not this is utilized will determine the outcome of this battle. Anonymity reminded me of that.
So I prepared it in advance, but advice from a close friend is always valuable.
“Thanks for the advice, Anonymous.”
“good. Then let’s rush in… three two one!”
An unknown person who took a deep breath jumped out in front, followed by Dusk Bringer and avant-garde heroes.
The heroes who ran to my left and right in the order of training formed an anti-dragon formation in an instant in the courtyard of the fortress.
I walked slowly and stood behind the heroes, planting my flag on the ground. widely!
A moment of silence.
and.
Hook-
A dry wind blew from somewhere and made the flag I planted flutter. Tak
at the same time
! widely! widely! widely! widely!
Lines of torches were lit all at once along the walls of the fortress, and finally, a huge beacon was lit on the roof of the Guards camp building.
The inside of the fortress, which had been locked in darkness, was brightly lit.
The center of the illuminated fortress.
There was a shabby chair on the dirt floor, and the man was sitting on it.
Black hair trimmed very short, and armor that covers the whole body tightly. And it was a man wearing long earrings as decoration.
And this man…
nodded. nod
…was dozing off.
I didn’t care at all whether intruders came in or the lights were bright… I fell into a sound sleep as if it didn’t matter what the surrounding situation was.
The man had three eyes, but there was one more vertically elongated eye between his eyebrows.
The middle eye and left eye were glaring at us with wide open eyes, but the right eye was kept tightly closed, and he nodded his head while dozing off.
My body was dozing, but only my mouth opened alternately, and something came out.
[…Get up right. It’s a guest.]
[Damn it, why does this guy completely take over the initiative when he’s asleep…!]
While I was trying to wake up my right eye somehow, my left eye and my left eye looked at each other.
[Let’s go back to the real face. Then the right side will break too.]
[Damn it. What kind of disgrace is this…!]
Flash-!
A terrifying wind came pouring out of the man’s body along with light.
A mighty gust of wind blew through the fort’s courtyard. Even when the wind blew our cloaks and our hair was wildly disheveled, we stayed still and stared straight ahead.
and.
slap…!
I thought that something huge was soaring up into the sky, creating a gust of wind with my huge skin wings.
Kugu Palace…!
We landed on the stone Guards building at the far end of the fort, opposite the passage we entered.
It was a huge black dragon.
Black scales densely covered the entire body like well-refined armor. Three necks forked over a smooth, streamlined body. Above them, one by one, a head with wide-eyed eyes emitting terrifying golden light.
A dragon with three heads.
three-headed dragon. Black Dragon’s Eye Ipian.
He stretched out his long three-pronged neck and looked down at us with his three heads… The middle one opened its mouth with a serious voice.
[It’s much more amazing than I expected to come this far. Guardian of public interest.]
Right after that, the left side of his head squealed.
[Isn’t it time to admit that guy who’s not even a nerd?! It’s not enough to burn it, kill it, chew it, swallow it, and present it to my father!]
The right side of his head then snapped his sleepy eyes.
[Leave me alone when I sleep… If you’re going to kill me, let’s kill it quickly and go to rest… I’m going to die with my eyelids closed…]
Then the right head really started to doze off.
In this way, the three heads glared at each other, slandered each other, and fought among themselves.
“…”
Although he had no dignity at all as an adversary who could be stunned. I swallowed dry saliva.
A dragon in a literal Triumvirate with each of its three heads having its own self… Ipian.
Among the children of the Black Dragon, this monster, the most powerful in terms of combat power, has finally arrived before us.
This side was very nervous, but Ipian’s middle and left heads continued to fight aung daung.
[They are veterans who have defended the public interest. Being courteous to each other before the battle will raise the dignity of this life-and-death situation.]
[Does it look classy now?! That baby killed my brothers!] The
rich left -handed left head found Parechian and Skyrian standing away from the back of us.
[No, it’s not scales and claws. were you alive But what are you doing there?]
Skerian broke out in a cold sweat as he fixed his glasses. And answered honestly.
[…I’m here to see you, bro.]
Gii-i-
ing- Parekian let out a low, meaningless engine sound.
[Oh yeah…?]
The left head smiled viciously.
[I’ll hear the details later. Take a good look there, you ugly younger siblings…]
Kiyiyin!
The golden light escaped from the eyes of the right and middle heads, and the eyes of the left head burned even brighter.
It meant that the left head held the ‘initiative’.
[Because I’ll finish it in an instant, without even having time to look-!]
Two-kick-!
Ipian kicked off the stone building he was stepping on and rose up.
With just that repulsive force, the building cracked open and began to collapse, leaving the collapsing building behind as the IPian soared and landed on our heads.
“It’s a vending machine! evasion-!”
At the same time as I shouted, Ipian’s huge body attacked us – followed by a huge tail swept across the floor.
A head-to-head battle. A tail wag that shatters the whole area.
However, since we had been tediously training countermeasures against vending machines, our heroes all kicked off the ground and rose–no one was harmed and was able to easily dodge the attack.
A smile formed on my lips without my knowledge. Ipian asked in an annoyed voice if he saw that smile.
[Why are you laughing, the guardian of royalties…?
]
I shouted cheerfully and pointed at him.
“The first button of battle was ideally well threaded!”
[…?!]
It’s not just because he dodges the first attack well.
Ipian, who sensed something, hurriedly turned his head to the side and found it.
widely! Tadadak!
A series of our heroes flying over the outer wall of the fortress and climbing on top of it.
At the forefront was Diarmudin, who had wide open black-gray wings attached to his robes. The old wizard laughed viciously as his long white beard fluttered.
Yes.
This side of the mage and ranged damage team, and the reserve party that has been together since the days of Parekian. They did not enter the front door together from the beginning.
After waiting outside the fortress, take a group aerial flight using Diarmudin’s new equipment [Old Phoenix].
It jumped over the outer wall and occupied the top of the fortress wall.
And a gimmick unique to this dungeon – ancient mana cannons were installed on the walls in a row.
[Ha!]
Ipian laughed as he prepared to fly again.
[Are you going to target me with an old mana cannon from hundreds of years ago? Aside from the power, are there any humans left who can shoot?]
“That’s right.”
I showed this and laughed.
“It’s the driving force that allowed me to lead the front here!”
The heroes who stood on the top of the wall whimpered, raised their cannons, and turned the muzzles that were facing the outside of the fortress into the inside of the fortress- ”
…long time no see.”
Damian put his hand on the trigger, glanced at the sight, and yanked the trigger down.
Bang-!
The mana shells that were fired drew a beautiful and smooth parabola in the air.
It grotesquely bent its trajectory toward Ipian’s left head, which was trying to avoid it while snoring, and stuck like a guided missile.
[…?!]
Ipian couldn’t avoid it.
Kwagwagwang!
The evil dragon’s head was engulfed in a thick explosion.
